After the matter of frying pans and stir-frying vegetables fermented in Yuchi Gong's residence, it gradually became popular in the residences of the big shots.
However, it was still far from being popular in Chang 'an.
This morning, Yiqiu Palace welcomed a rather special guest.
This person had a white face and no beard. His eyes were deep and he looked very intelligent.
Uh…this was a compliment. If one didn't pay attention to it, one could say that this person was the crafty type.
That's right! The person who came was Li Chengqian's uncle, Zhangsun Wuji.
"This subject greets Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Seeing Li Chengqian walk out to welcome him, Zhangsun Wuji hurriedly bowed.
Li Chengqian smiled and joined his hands.
"Chengqian greets uncle. We are all family, uncle need not be so polite.”
Li Chengqian learned from his original historical knowledge that this cheap uncle in front of him was not someone to be trifled with.
Although the other party would experience turbulence in his career in the future, he would still be able to sit steadily in the end.
In terms of ability to 'resist risks', Zhangsun Wuji was second only to the foolish Demon King Cheng Yaojin.
If Li Chengqian had transmigrated into another character, he would have avoided Zhangsun Wuji as much as possible.
But now, he was the current Crown Prince, and Zhangsun Wuji was the best Dao Protector for him, Li Chengqian.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian became more and more friendly with his cheap uncle. He directly held the other party's arm and walked in.
"I wonder if uncle has anything to help me with today?”
Seeing Li Chengqian's affectionate actions, even Zhangsun Wuji's face revealed a smile.
After the two of them sat down, he slowly opened his mouth and said,
"That's right. I came here today to ask you for help.”
"If there's anything, just say it. Chengqian will definitely not refuse what he can do!”
Li Chengqian directly patted his chest and made a guarantee. However, he changed the topic and asked curiously,
"But Uncle is very resourceful. Is there anything you can't do?”
Zhangsun Wuji laughed and shook his head.
"Your Highness thinks too highly of this old man. Just look at the most popular stir-fried dishes in the court recently. This old man doesn't know what's going on.”
Li Chengqian blinked and instantly understood.
It turned out that his cheap uncle had heard the news of cooking, but he was too embarrassed to ask others.
This was because the other party didn't have much of a relationship with generals like Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong.
And he was probably not on the same side as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.
As for asking Old Li, the emperor of the Great Tang, about such a trivial matter, Zhangsun Wuji would never ask.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian directly said,"
"So that's the matter. Uncle, wait a moment. I'll get someone to bring a wok over. Consider it a gift for Uncle!”
Zhangsun Wuji smiled in satisfaction, but he said,"
"Your Highness, I have another request. You can use the recipe you created in my restaurant…"
Without waiting for the other party to finish, Li Chengqian said with a surprised expression,"
"Uncle, you actually opened a restaurant in Chang 'an. This is the first time Chengqian has heard of it!”
Zhangsun Wuji smiled and said,"
"It's not just me. In fact, most of the ministers in the court have their own businesses in Chang 'an.
After all, this old master's residence needs to support a large group of people, and it is impossible to do it with just a salary.”
Li Chengqian nodded and suddenly said with a smile,"
"Uncle, I've discussed this with Imperial Father before.
He wanted to see if any smart person could think of using cooking skills to open a restaurant. They would definitely make a lot of money.
She did not expect her uncle to be the smart one.”
Zhangsun Wuji waved his hand and said again,
"What does Your Highness think of this old man's proposal?
I won't take advantage of Your Highness. I'll give Your Highness 20% of the restaurant's profits.
If Your Highness needs it, you can use it…"
"We're all family. Uncle, you don't have to be polite with me. There's no need for a share.
However, Chengqian also had something that he needed uncle's help with, so he hoped uncle would not reject him!”
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes and said.
Zhangsun Wuji was a little puzzled.
This little nephew in front of him was the heir to the throne of the Tang Empire, and he was still young. What could he possibly need his help with?
Looking at Zhangsun Wuji's puzzled expression, Li Chengqian whispered,"
"Uncle, this palace is too boring. Chengqian has always yearned for life outside the palace.
If I want to fight for the right to leave the palace from my father, what can uncle teach me?”
Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Zhangsun Wuji's face was filled with shock.
Good heavens, other people tried every means to enter the palace. Even if they couldn't enter the palace, they wanted to be closer to the palace.
Yet, this Crown Prince of the Great Tang had unexpectedly left the palace.
How strange!
However, Zhangsun Wuji was also troubled by Li Chengqian's question."
"Your Highness, this question of yours truly stumps me. This old man is also helpless.”
Li Chengqian's face was instantly filled with disappointment.
"It seems that there is still a long way to go before I can enter and leave the palace freely!
If even my cheap uncle can't help, I'm afraid the others will be even more so. I can only rely on myself.”
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian adjusted his mood and said,"
"Uncle, you can just use this frying pan technique. You don't have to give me any profit.
However, Chengqian has another business that he wants to cooperate with uncle. If we split the profits, we'll split it 50 - 50!”
When Zhangsun Wuji heard the first half of Li Chengqian's words, he had already revealed a smile.
However, when he heard the second half of the sentence, he was a little puzzled.
Fortunately, he did not let him wait. Li Chengqian said to himself,
"Using stir-fried vegetables in a restaurant will naturally attract a lot of customers and increase the reputation of the restaurant.
It was just that the wok was not difficult to make. If one could use it, others could naturally use it too.
After a while, all the restaurants in Chang 'an changed to cooking.
Then the core competitiveness of Uncle's restaurant would drop.
Moreover, there was a key point to stir-frying, and that was the need to use a large amount of oil when stir-frying...
Therefore, the business that Chengqian wanted to cooperate with his uncle was to establish a vegetable oil squeezing factory.”
"Plant oil squeezing factory?"
Zhangsun Wuji was shocked and said,"
"In this way, won't my restaurant be the only one in Chang 'an City?”
"Uncle, that's not true. How much money can you earn just by relying on the restaurant business?”
Li Chengqian shook his head and said with a smile,
"If our vegetable oil squeezing factory can provide vegetable oil to all the restaurants in Chang 'an City, we will be able to produce vegetable oil.
Then the market would be huge.
Other restaurants will definitely use oil to cook. Our factory controls the upstream of the supply chain and monopolizes the operation.
As long as our vegetable oil extraction technology is kept a secret.
If the restaurants in Chang 'an City want to make money, they will definitely not be able to avoid us.”
Looking at Li Chengqian who spoke with confidence, Zhangsun Wuji was simply shocked.
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